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No. 534,958. Patented Feb. 26, 1895. Fl G.6.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,958, dated February26, 1895. 7 Application filed July 28, 1892. erial No. 441.485. (Nomodel.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we, PETER J J OEOKEN and ANDREW WEISS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga. andState of Ohio, have invented ordiscovered certain new and usefulImprovements in Washboards, of which improvements the following is aspecification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements inprotectors for washboards, and has for its object a protector soconstructed and connected to the washboard frame as to be automaticallyshifted to and held in operative position by contact with the edge ofthe tub when the board is placed in operative position therein; and itis a further object of this invention to provide a protector which canbe automatically shifted from one side of a double faced washboard tooperative position on the opposite side thereof and held in suchposition, by contact with the edge of the tub.

The inventionwill be hereinafter more fully described and particularlyclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washboard having our improvementapplied thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the same partly in front elevationand partly in section. Fig. Sis an end elevation of the constructionshown in Fig.1. Fig. 4. is. a front elevation of a modified arrangementof the protector, the latter being movable between the brand board andhead piece and its supporting arms being arranged inside of the sidebars of the board. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the same, theplane of section being indicatedby the line 00, as, Fig. 4. Figs. 6 and7 are views similar to Figs. 4 and 5 showing the supporting arms of theprotector outside of the side bars, and Fig. 8 is a view in elevation ofa further modification, the brand board being movable with theprotector, and Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of the same, the plane ofsection being indicated by the line y, y, Fig. 8.

In the practice of our invention the washboard is constructed, asregards the side bars 1, head piece 2, cross bar 3, brand board 4. andrubbing faces 5 in the usual or any suitable manner. The protector 6,which by preference is made concavo-convex in cross-section, is arrangedto move transversely of the board at a point a suitable distance abovethe rubbing faces, as for example, above the head piece 2, as shown inFigs. 1,'2 and 3, or below the head piece, as shownin Figs. 4 to 9inclusive. The protector is provided with arms 7, extending down on bothsides of the board toward the rubbing faces sufficiently to insure theirstriking against the tub when the board is placed in operative positiontherein. These arms, which preferablyhave their lower ends pivotallyconnected to some portion of the washboard and form the supports andguides for the protector, are so constructed that one or the other edge.or portion will extend beyond one or the other side of the board so thatwhen the board is placed in position in the tub, one edge or part of thearms will strike the edge of the tub, and thereby shift.

the protector into operative position on the then upper side of theboard. By turning the washboard over the opposite edges or projectingparts of the arms will bear against the edge of the tub, and by reasonof the weight of the board, the protector will be automatically shiftedto operative position above the upper rubbing face.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the arms 7 may consist of triangularlyshaped pieces of wood arranged outside of the side-bars 1 of thewashboard, and pivoted at their apices to the side bars in line with orapproximately so with the cross-bar 3; or in lieu of the wooden pieces,the arms may be formed by suitable bent pieces of wire as shown at 7*and 7 in Figs. 4, 5, G and 7, the arms in Figs. 6 and 7 being pivoted tothe outer faces of the side-bars. I

For convenience in packing washboards together for shipment or storage,it is preferred to arrange the arms outside of the side-bars, as shownin Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, but they may be arranged as shown in FigsJi,5, 8 and 9. In Figs. 4: and 5, the pivotal support for the wire arms isformed by holes in the brandboard 4 at points near the cross-bar 3,while in Figs. 8 and 9, the lower ends of the arms 7 c are provided withcurved notches 8 adapted to fitover rounded portions 9 of thecross-bars.

In the constructions shown in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive, the brand-board isfixed between the side-bars, cross-bar and head-piece in the usualmanner, except that in the arrangement shown in Figs. 4, 5, 6 and 7, theupper edge of the brand-board is cutsaway to permit of the passage ofthe protector.- If desired the brand-board may be attached to theprotector so as to move therewith as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, the loweredge of the brandboard being rounded and resting in a transverselycurved groove 10 in the upper side of the cross-bar 3.

In the constructions shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9, the movement ofthe protector is limited by stops 11, on the longitudinal edges of theprotector, said stops being adapted to engage the head-pieces 2.

In the construction shown in Figs. 4c and 5, the wires forming the armsserve as stops by engagement with the stationary brand-board, while inFigs. 6' and 7, the stops are formed by lugs 12, projecting from thecorners of the protector.

It will be observed that the protector has its pivotal points outside ofline connecting the corners CL of the protector, such line forming thecord of a circle, so that said protector is capable of swinging movementfrom one side of the washboard to the other. This arrangement of thepivotal points is a characteristic difference between our improvementand the construction shown in Patents Nos. 150,315 and 35%,113, whereinthe pivotal points of the protectors lie within a line connectingcorresponding corners of the protectors shown in said patents, so that amovement of said protectors produces onlya change of angle of theprotectors to the rubbing faces of the boards, and not a change ofmovement of the protector from one side of the board to the other.

We claim herein as our invention 1. A protector secured to one end ofradial arms having a pivotal support at their lower portions on theframe of the washboard, with reference to being shifted in position by aswinging movement substantially in the arc of a circle, to workingposition on either side of the washboard, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a washboard, a protector and arms having theirupper ends connected to the protector and extending down toward therubbing face, said arms being pivotally connected at their lowerportions to the washboard and being provided with portions that projectbeyond the side bars of the main frame, on one side of the board,whereby the protector will be shifted to operative position withreference to the rubbing face on the opposite side of the washboard onbeing placed in the tub in position for use, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination of a washboard, a protector and arms having theirupper ends connected to the protector and their lower portions pivotallyconnected to the washboard, said arms being provided with portions thatproject beyond the side bars of the main frame, whereby the protectorwill be shifted to operative position with reference to either face ofthe washboard when it is placed in the tub in position for use,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination of the frame, the doublefaced rubbing board securedtherein, the pro tector, arms having their upper ends connected to theprotector and their lower ends pivotally supported by the frame, wherebythe protector will be shifted to operative position with reference toeither of the washboards, when it is placed in the tub for use and abrandboard connected to the protector and movable therewith,substantially as set forth.

5. In a washboard, the combination of a protector movable from side toside of the washboard below the head piece thereof and triangularlyshaped arms having their upper ends secured to the protector and theirlower ends resting upon the cross bar of the washboard, substantially asset forth.

6. In a washboard, the combination of a protector movable from side toside of the washboard, triangularly shaped arms having their upper endsconnected to the protector and their lower ends pivotally supported onthe frame of the washboard, and stops for limiting the movements of theprotector, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

PETER J. JOEOKEN. ANDREW WEISS. Witnesses:

J. B. SToWE, L. G. HOWLAND.

